§ Mr. Eyreasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what increases in council house rents will result from the Chancellor of the Exchequer's statement that housing subsidies are to be reduced by £65 million; and what effect the proposed changes will have upon the public sector housing programme.
§ Mr. FreesonThese are matters for early discussion between my right hon. Friend and the local authority associations; no reduction is, however, proposed in local authority house building.